Inside Brunei, Asia’s Least Visited Country Hated By Travelers 🇧🇳

Inside Brunei, Asia’s Least Visited Country Hated By Travelers 🇧🇳

i am in Brunei Southeast Asia’s least visited 
country and the place that many travelers say   a water village and apparently I can get a water 
taxi a boat to get there i’m not sure though where   I can find the taxi i see several boats here 
already but I think these are like tour guides   selling tours you can also go down the river here 
there is a mangrove area over there as well but I   just want to jump on a local taxi boat just to get 
over there and then explore the water village ah   this might be a boat’s pier here let’s see i think 
there’s a boat coming actually I hear one boat   excuse me can I take a boat here i want to go to 
Kamong a water village can take the boat here yeah   oh okay okay okay let’s just take the boat here i 
just want to go to the water village how much $1   $1 okay so for $1 I can take uh the local taxi 
boat here just over basically to the other side   see I think it should be like just a minute ride 
i think it’s literally just over there actually   the boat ride is nice because it is very very hot 
here today and now I have some wind blowing into   my face that is actually quite nice it was worth 
to take the boat already cool down a bit oh and   we do actually have some waves here check it out 
oh oh all over us i was not expecting such a bumpy   ride here to be honest yeah there are quite a 
few uh boats driving around here on the river and   uh if you go down the river there’s like mangrove 
area and then eventually I think you would reach   the open ocean as well and here we are already 
oh yeah this uh looks like an interesting little   village to explore i think all of these houses 
here are built on stilts but yeah we’re going   to check it out a bit closer in more detail in a 
minute $1 okay thank you all right and here we are   hello hello are you from here yes i would like to 
explore the village is that okay i can I can just   walk around here yeah is there anything specific 
that is interesting you go to gallery do you know   gallery gallery yeah go straight just straight 
here you see the the big the big building yes the   big building okay and then you can see Okay i have 
a walk around there okay thank you very much i   just saw you on Tik Tok you saw me on Tik Tok yeah 
came abroad right oh thank you so much so that was   a friendly welcome here into the village what were 
some of the comments saying people here are not   welcoming to tourists well I think that already 
proved uh the opposite i feel welcomed here in   the village like it’s so crazy like in this part 
of the world the hospitality and like how welcome   people are if I would think of my German village 
like I’m from Germany i’m from a small village   in Germany if I imagine that an Asian dude with 
a camera would show up in my village in Germany   I don’t think that especially the older people 
unfortunately would welcome him like the way I   am welcomed in villages in Asia and that always 
uh amazes me one of the reasons why I absolutely   love Asia and why I prefer living in Asia compared 
to Germany because people are just so much more   friendly and open hello can I walk around here 
yeah is there anything interesting to see i think   over there museum museum oh on the other side on 
the other side not here no jetty six I think so   there are different jetties i can go back to 
the other side yes ah okay okay that’s good   to know okay thank you so much massi ah so looks 
like I have several ways to go back to the other   side later but uh what I find really interesting 
already here is look at the houses here looks like   even like these are two stoy buildings i have 
been to water villages before in Malaysia for   example or in Thailand I think but there are the 
the water villages were always like smaller houses   because I think like the stilts like they can’t 
hold like so much weight you know but here have   a look at that they even built twotory houses 
here on the stilts and also it looks like the   stilts are made out of metal and not out of 
wood so maybe these are bit newer buildings   Not really that old you know but that is all very 
very interesting here and it looks very beautiful   actually as well it looks like they also have 
road names here titan 17 maybe that’s the name   of the Yeah can you really call it a road like 
a boardwalk but yeah seems like that’s the name   here and yeah before coming here I read so many 
things about other travelers saying that visiting   Brunai is not worth it it’s boring here it’s also 
a very strict country they have Sharia laws here   but yeah I always like to judge places for 
myself i think we saw examples in other countries   previously on my channel where like a country has 
a certain reputation but then I’m going there for   myself and then the reality is very different so 
I’m very excited for the whole day here exploring   to see what the reality is really like here in 
Brunai oh check it out there’s even a little gym   here a private gym oh he just built his own little 
gym here literally on the stilts of the water that   is interesting and I’m hoping for like a little 
shop where I can maybe sit down buy something but   this looks like a purely residential area hello 
do you know if I can find a shop somewhere to buy   like water or something to drink oh you know 
our place yes do you live here yes oh it’s a   beautiful village here thank you yeah I like it 
this looks very unique and interesting we need   to be a bit careful here where are you stepping 
to oh looks like I can just walk over the doors   here but yeah you need to watch your steps here 
some of the wooden sticks here are a bit loose   and also there’s no fans on the sides back here 
for example we have a hole in here as well so you   need to watch your steps a bit but I also guess 
that the water here is not too deep you have   crocodiles here yeah right so if I would fall 
into the water it would be dangerous yes so we   do have crocodiles here as well crocodiles and no 
fences is that safe for the children yes yes okay oh okay okay ah here we go ah many drinks to 
choose from you have 100 plus here pepsi what   about water no I have water no water 
okay then maybe I’m getting 100 plus   okay 120 okay for you this is my sister oh 
your sister oh can I sit here for a minute okay just a little English oh that’s okay 
oh thank you very much the change okay it’s   actually quite handy that they do speak the 
same language here as in Malaysia and yeah   because I spend so much time in Malaysia I 
know some words here and there like bleini   that means can I sit here if you know my channel 
you know I really love this drink 100 plus this   is your house it’s a beautiful village here so 
the the people living here are uh local Brunai   people local local people okay okay and how 
many people uh live in the water village here i’m not sure if that sentence is correct 
uh manyang people i’m curious to find   out how many people are living in the 
water village a few hundred okay okay new house ah okay i think she’s trying to say that 
some of the houses are new ruma means home and bar   means new that’s okay i am in your country i 
should speak your language not the other way   around i don’t really understand i’m sorry wait 
I have an idea actually maybe let me call my   girlfriend she can speak Bahasa hi Lisa can you 
help me translate bahasa right yeah yeah i want   I would like to ask you if you can help translate 
yeah yeah yeah me and my girlfriend and she can   speak Bahasa what do you want to say i would like 
to ask how many people are living in the village here okay oh she doesn’t know she just say already have so 
many people there okay okay oh yeah oh suddenly   suddenly you are best friends already oh yeah 
what’s going on by the way you want to say   hello to the vlog all right okay hello vlog hello 
Lisa i think my viewers are missing you thank you handsome boy handsome boy okay now that I 
have a translator here as well I would like   to know because earlier they said there 
are crocodiles here can you ask again   if the crocodiles here like they’re 
not worried about the children here okay what did what did he say so the auntie said   um they have crocodile there and of course 
the children will be afraid of that crocodile   and also for her too but the crocodile never 
attack the people here like they never come   to the houses maybe yes i think she’s so 
showing Lisa her wedding pictures now like   they already best friends after talking on the 
phone for a few minutes she likes you i think   you have a friend here in Brunai already which 
day you in Jakata you want to say bye-bye bye maybe one day when we visit Brunai together we 
visit her as well i’ve already said that okay okay   nice to meet you thank you very much okay bye-bye 
okay so the auntie explained also to me via Lisa   that yeah this part of the village is a new part 
a newly built part and she said if I walk down   and then right I can also find restaurants and 
yeah I think we can see a difference between the   houses here and the houses over there a question 
to you guys could you imagine living in such a   water village i think it’s actually quite unique 
right like having your house built on stilts and   then the water like underneath it and then the 
people here don’t have cars they have boats that’s   quite cool actually and I think the village is 
even bigger than I would have expected like I   think it even continues uh behind there yeah 
it’s actually quite large look at this that is   actually interesting and yeah I do think that all 
the houses here are also connected to electricity   like you can see the wire here for example that 
is maybe for electricity and also up there so   yeah you can also see it here so I think all the 
houses here are connected with electricity in case   you were wondering because I was just thinking 
about that actually but one question that I have   here now is if the people use their bathrooms 
in these houses where does it go to does it go   straight into the water or do they also have a 
system in place for that maybe the pipes here   like you can see the blue pipe here maybe that 
is like uh like a how do you say that in English   like a pipe for for the bathroom you know what I 
mean hello hello no no no not go back okay no no   i want to walk around here yeah i think many of 
the people living here are probably working as a   boat taxi driver like yesterday when I was walking 
around the the waterfront I was also approached   several times by uh people on the boats offering 
me a ride offering me a tour so yeah seems like a   like a good business here i can imagine that also 
like many people that live here in the village are   working over there in the capital the the place 
where we started earlier that’s the capital which   we already explored in more depth in my previous 
video here from Brunai what I really like about   this place is that it’s an authentic place it’s 
not a touristy place here you don’t see tourist   tour groups walking around here or driving by 
with a boat it’s a very real authentic place   where people are just living their daily lives 
and that is always very interesting for me to   see like the authentic sides of countries rather 
than going on some touristy tourist tours okay and   we have officially reached the end of the water 
village because there are cars over there so this   is like proper mainland again and there’s a big 
mosque as well and yeah from here unfortunately   I don’t have a drone with me maybe you remember 
my video from the Maldives from last year where   my drone broke down and since then it’s never been 
repaired anyway that’s another topic but I wish I   had my drone here to show you the water village 
from above but yeah you can see a little bit how   big it actually is like it even goes on and on 
over there so yeah I walked around here for like   in total 20 30 minutes now and I haven’t seen I 
think even half of it so it is quite large so yeah   definitely an interesting authentic site to see 
here in Brunai’s capital $30 and we see a monkey   okay and then go back there $30 $30 $30 okay so 
yeah we’re going to try to find probioic monkeys   now which is a very rare and unique species of 
monkeys which you can find here in Brunai and they   do live somewhere in the mangrove area over there 
so uh I quickly uh negotiated a price for half   an hour tour here now $30 Brunai we will go there 
seeing the monkeys hopefully and then he will drop   me off back in the city oh you have a shop here oh 
we have a nasi katak which I tried in the previous   video already we have Minan which is uh drinks so 
looks like they have like little drive by uh shops   here you can just uh stop here with your boat and 
then get some drinks some supplies what’s your   name my name is Putra putra yeah okay are you 
from Brunai yeah okay okay ah you get gasoline   here that’s how you get gasoline here in the water 
village so you have the long uh how do you call   that in English hose and then he’s filling up the 
gasoline just like that into the big red tank here   and yeah gasoline should be very cheap here in 
Brunai because they have huge oil reserves that’s   the main reason why this country is one of the 
richest countries in the world how expensive is   gasoline here 80 cent 80 cent 80 cent yeah so that 
is like in US dollar about 50 cents for one liter   but I guess it’s more expensive here compared to 
in the city right yeah i guess they they charge   a bit extra here because it’s the location here 
on the water village so probably if you go to a   proper gas station in the city over there it’s 
probably even cheaper but yeah half a half a US   dollar for a liter of gasoline these times are 
long ago in my country Germany when gasoline   was that cheap i don’t even know if gasoline was 
ever that cheap in my country Germany but I still   remember when I was a child gasoline was less than 
a dollar in Germany but that’s a long history oh   the smell of gasoline i actually like that smell 
to be honest remember when I was a child I always   liked it when my mom went to the gas station 
i always opened the window just to smell it is   that weird ah that’s how they paying here he’s uh 
raving over the basket then he puts the money in   the basket and then that’s how he collects the 
money here very interesting and I guess if you   order drinks or some snacks here it goes the same 
into the basket onto the boat so is your job tour   guide or taxi driver you’re a taxi driver yeah 
taxi okay okay so I guess he is usually a taxi   driver but uh he saw me as a tourist so now 
he’s turning into a tour guide a little bit   showing me the monkeys earning some extra money 
that way let’s see if we can find some monkeys   i do see some dark clouds over there though so 
I hope it’s not going to end in a rainstorm here   these clouds are looking a bit worrying to be 
honest and here by the way you can see the golden   dome that’s the the back side of the royal palace 
if you remember in the previous video we visited   the front side of the palace this is now literally 
behind it but yeah you can’t really see it only   the the Golden Dome so I think there’s like a 
line of forest or jungle between the river and   the palace so it doesn’t look like the palace has 
access to the ocean is this from the palace yeah   ah the palace the royal palace does have a here as 
well ah suddenly we are stopping you you see some   the monkey ah yeah yeah up there ah these are 
probiostic monkeys yeah do you also have other   monkeys here only this one okay okay i was curious 
to find out if there’s also other types of monkeys   here let’s see if we can get a clear vision of 
one of the monkeys of course this is not a zoo   so it’s not guaranteed that you will have a clear 
look onto the monkeys here we go this is a clear   sight now of one of the monkeys yeah you can see 
the the very unique nose right i think this is a   small one actually a baby one maybe very cute 
and there’s Yeah at least another one up there   yeah now we actually have a good view right there 
oh but yeah seems like they are a bit shy now oh   he’s jumping down there oh that looked funny 
actually ah there’s another one ah here we go   oh yeah look at the nose here we go and yeah I 
actually like the fact that we are not feeding   them to attract the monkeys so this is just their 
natural habit here and we are just driving by in   hope to see them and we are lucky to see them so 
it’s not like a tourist tour here where they feed   the monkeys to attract them to the tourists 
you know i really like that oh in the night   the crocodile come out and the crocodiles eat the 
monkeys so the monkeys need to be careful so I’m   actually a bit surprised that they are so close 
here to the water like Okay probably that doesn’t   happen but if the monkey would fall into the water 
and Yeah this looks like an area where a crocodile   would hide then he would be in danger right well 
the mother monkey ah that’s the the older one up   there so I think uh the monkeys they always have 
one guy a bit outside of the group to supervise   on a higher position and that is his job up there 
so he’s supervising the area for potential dangers   and uh here’s Yeah I think it’s a family in here 
like there’s one smaller monkey and two bigger   ones so maybe like uh the the mother with their 
childs oh very interesting okay and yeah like   I said I like the fact that it’s not a zoo here 
we’re not feeding the monkeys to attract them just   uh observing them in their natural habitat very 
interesting okay thank you very much okay have a   good evening bye-bye all right and we are back in 
the capital and yeah that was actually quite an   interesting experience okay and do you remember 
in the previous video when I tried to use the   local taxi app which is called Dart I couldn’t 
register for an account there and I actually   contacted the customer support of Dart then and 
they helped me to set up an account so I should   now be able to book a taxi so let’s actually 
try if that works so I choose my destination   already the price is here 550 let’s see if that 
works hang tight searching for a driver yeah in   theory it should work like any other taxi app 
around the world grab for example in other   countries in Southeast Asia but I also heard 
that sometimes you can’t find drivers which   uh seems to be the case now for me as well let’s 
see if I can actually get a driver cuz otherwise   I don’t know how to get to my next destination i 
don’t want to get a driver again for an hour if   I only need a 10-minute rides you know like in 
the previous video and this is my driver so it   actually worked that is great hello hello you’re 
my driver right yeah yeah yeah okay uh the app was   not updating for so long oh okay so I saw you at 
the same location for very long okay okay but okay   it’s my first time using that oh okay okay i was 
wondering if it actually works okay okay i want to   go to the night market i’m not sure if I put the 
wrong the right location the Gong oh night market   yes yes yes yes did I put the right location 
yeah you put the right location okay good is   the night market already open uh yes it’s already 
open yes yes uh somebody told me that the whole   country only have 30 taxi drivers ah yeah like 
normal taxi drivers yes yes so most of the taxi   you can see station in the airport area yeah right 
right exit left and take a deep breath i like your   your voice here take the second exit it’s wild 
you’re letting us direct you i didn’t know that   you can put like a funny voice to the navigation 
system yeah you can choose a voice actually what   it’s not Google not so you have a funny voice you 
have other other types of voices other type like   rough voice recipe voice oh that’s funny google 
maps doesn’t have that yeah Google map yeah here   Brunai ways are quite uh more popular than maps 
i think in Malaysia most people also use ways I   think yeah when usually when I take a taxi in 
Malaysia I grab they always have ways yes yeah   so every shop here has also Arabic writing so 
people from Saudi Arabia they could read this   the same the same language so you don’t have 
a different version of the Arabic writing it’s   exactly Arabic exactly okay that’s interesting $6 
here that’s okay i don’t need Okay thank you thank   you very much all right that was a interesting uh 
10-minute ride we are now at a different part of   the city and there’s a huge night market here 
very popular to visit also for the locals or   especially for the locals because yeah we don’t 
have that many tourists here in the country   so uh I’m hungry it’s about uh 6:00 p.m now 
dinner time so let’s see what food we can get   here i’m curious to try something okay my taxi 
driver just gave me tons of recommendation uh   the first thing he recommended me was a nasi kto 
which I tried already in the previous video and   then he also said uh that the kebab is very 
good here and I’m just seeing they also have   roti John here which I know from Malaysia already 
hello ah you have a kebab and roti John here yeah   okay oh maybe I have a look around first thank 
you yeah that would be already a good option but   uh yeah if I learned one thing from visiting 
plenty of night markets all around Asia don’t   eat at the first stall you are seeing because you 
will probably regret it later when you then start   walking around so let me uh tour a bit first 
and then I decide what I want to eat okay we   have many different options here kui Malaya kui 
is like a little snack often sweet but you can   also get it savory oh looks like she’s actually 
preparing pancakes there yeah maybe that on the   picture is a pancake here then we have our popia 
pop ayam that is with chicken with beef with prawn   and with banana here and it smells so good here 
difficult to choose we have a chako here which   is a type of noodles actually one of my favorite 
noodle dishes in Asia we have the nasi kto which   seems to be the most popular food here because 
I feel like every second store is selling that   and yeah I tried that already in the previous 
video in case you haven’t seen that one it’s   very delicious and then here oh this actually 
looks like um matabak in Indonesia kui Malaya   hello what is this is this like matabak ah mabak 
manis matabak manis ah sweet matabak indonesian   called but called Malaya malaya Malaya like this 
yeah but it’s the same like matabak in Indonesia   do you sell small portions or only the full one 
oh that’s too much for me now yeah this is it’s   very heavy very sweet and yeah you can easily 
share a portion like this with five people okay   thank you very much okay oh what are you selling 
here what is this it’s like a fish sausage right   ah you want to try it i would like to uh to buy it 
yeah $1 six pieces $1 six pieces okay six pieces   please yeah i think it’s like a cropa in Malaysia 
which is very popular especially on the east coast   in Malaysia and I actually liked it when I tried 
it there so I’m curious to try it here as well oh   and we have a cuching here cat hello hello are you 
a stray cat probably she’s attracted of the fish   smell here uh no sauce please no sauce just plain 
is fine hello alhamdulillah okay $1 okay you from   i’m from Germany you’re from Brunai yeah I’m from 
Welcome to Brunai thank you so much i feel very   good here so how you how you can speak in i have 
been to Malaysia many times i see okay thank you   very much all right we have a fish sausage let’s 
find a place to try that okay so let’s give this   fish sausage a try here my first impression is 
that it looks and feels different than the the   fish sauce I tried in Malaysia let’s give it a try 
very different it’s way lighter here not sure if   you can really see that but it’s very light and in 
Malaysia like the taste was fuller if that makes   sense so here it’s like it’s almost like a very 
light snack i have the feeling that the fish taste   is less strong compared to the kapot leo I tried 
in Malaysia actually this doesn’t taste that much   like fish so I think you could actually even eat 
this if you don’t like to eat fish and if you know   my channel then you probably know that I’m not a 
huge fish or seafood lover but this one absolutely   no problem that’s a very light nice snack i think 
that is a great start here on the night market   okay I finished the sausage and that was actually 
very good so I want to let her know that was very   uh delicious yeah sit up sit up you say Saddap 
or you say enough here we Yes okay very yummy   thank you it’s homemade you Oh yeah yeah right 
right oh cool cool does she she make it at home   homemade yeah homemade oh okay very delicious 
thank you so much oh actually quite a few people   recognize me here in Brunai i was not expecting 
that because I’ve never been to this country   before but actually since I’m here I think like 
around 10 people already recognized me like most   people nowadays recognize me because of my TikTok 
but that’s actually quite cool so a shout out to   everyone watching from Brunai especially if you 
already watched my videos before I came to your   country thank you very much and also look at the 
amount of people here if you saw my previous video   uh I was like wondering where are all the local 
people because I felt like I’m the only person   uh in the capital city but here yeah this is a 
popular spot for the locals to come in the evening   i would guess that many people come here after 
work cuz yeah it is like 6:20 now so probably   most people get off work at like 5 six o’clock 
maybe and then they come here grab some food   and then they go home oh wow we have vagu here 
hello i can get a ragu burger here okay one vagu   burger please you want special or regular what 
is special meaning special with egg and you want   with cheese $6 ah with egg and cheese yes ah yes 
please special what type of sauce do you put on   the burger mayonnaise and chili sauce okay then no 
chili and mayonnaise only a little bit yeah yeah   I can’t really handle a chili sauce usually it’s 
spicy so I’m just going with the safe way just the   mayonnaise only a little bit but yeah Vagu burger 
here a street food burger vagu that sounds special   so $5 it’s way more expensive compared to the 
other burgers but uh yeah usually that’s worth   it because Vagu quality is quite good ah okay 
that’s the Vagu patty yes okay and then the egg   oh you have like a little rounded shape here for 
the egg easier to make it then maybe it’s going to   be like the street food burgers in Malaysia where 
they wrap the egg around the patty i’m curious if   they do the same here as well do you wrap the 
egg around it uh no no just put it on like a   fried egg ah okay okay and then I think there’s 
going to be a cabbage on the burger as well and   I see cucumbers and tomatoes as well oh and butter 
yeah added butter to the buns probably to make it   a bit more juicy what is the most popular burger 
here what the most locals order beef special ding   special beef special okay so yeah we have a burger 
tur which is just egg just and no meat just egg   so burger ayam daging that is chicken or beef and 
then we have the special burger and gaming is lamb   right and the vagu burger and papa is that a roti 
jon ah that’s the the long bread right oh this one   yeah that’s a roti jun and here we have the buns 
that looks good already then we’re adding cucumber   and tomatoes and then some cabbage no just a 
little bit that’s okay yeah I usually prefer my   burgers with just a little bit of sauce especially 
when I’m having bagu meat because then you want to   taste the the meat okay and we also added some 
cheese here and here is the egg on top of the   burger so now only the the meat is missing where 
do you get the vagu meat from local local one so   from Brunai product of Brunai so we have local 
vagu a local product yeah oh we have switched   the the burger worker this is halal value of 
course yeah i guess everything here is halal   right is it even possible to find non-halal food 
in Brunai no right yeah brunai is a Muslim country   and I think like almost everyone here is Muslim 
right so I would be surprised if you find for   example pork here all right but here we have the 
finished burger oh I like it the patty is actually   bigger than the bun yes that is nice that looks 
so delicious already okay how much $6 $6 here we   go okay thank you very much all right so let’s 
give this actually huge burger a try and uh it’s   falling apart a bit already oh it smells really 
good curious to try it oh yeah you can immediately   taste the rau meat and that’s what I want that’s 
why I asked for less sauce because I want this   vagu taste in my mouth and then I also like the 
combination with the fried egg here and then it   is a bit crunchy because of the cabbage and the 
cucumbers but yeah it does get a bit messy here   maybe that was even still too much sauce and also 
the cheese is melting and squeezing out on all the   sides now but wow this is a decent burger i’m 
rating this 8.5 out of 10 that burger was very   delicious thank you thank you very much bye okay 
I had a burger and the fish sausage i think now   what is missing is uh some type of dessert and oh 
look at this cute little kitten here i think this   is one of the cutest little cats I have ever seen 
oh my god it’s so tiny hello hello lisa this is   for you because I know you would find this very 
cute i’m actually even worried that she can fall   in here like she’s so tiny she could probably fit 
through here so cute are you from China no taiwan   from Taiwan yes oh you come from I’m from Germany 
germany but I would like to visit Taiwan this year   winter winter is good time right yeah i think in 
winter time I want to come yes thank you okay you   too yeah Taiwan is actually a country that is on 
my list to visit probably towards the end of the   year or maybe beginning of next year even oh wow 
look at this i can get pancakes here baby pancake   hello you’re making pancakes here yes okay uh what 
type of pancakes do you have what is nutc nutella   annie you like Nutella ah tiramisu cappuccino 
strawberry what is the most popular one that   most people order nutella is nuts for chocolate 
okay can I get one one order of that i can choose   two sauces and two toppings this one is for your 
strawberry this is strawberry okay then this one   and one more oh I think I like these ones this 
is usually for breakfast right you drink a bit   milk right yeah then uh this one please as well so 
how many pieces is one order 12 pieces 12 pieces   i’m going to get fat in Brunai so many pieces 
oh I’m going to gain weight here in Brunai so   she’s making it fresh right here so I think it’s 
going to be little balls yes yeah all right small   pancakes small pancakes okay so it’s basically 
like a little mini pancake stone I think and   then there’s going to be like 12 pieces so I’m 
curious because there’s no picture here so you   don’t really know what to expect but that makes it 
even more interesting I think is this market here   every day yes every day every day right what is 
the name again gadong so this is the Gadong Night   Market in case you come to Brunai as well or you 
want to visit this what time does it start uh 3   p.m 3 p.m already ah and then until late evening 
late evening yeah i also see that not all the   stalls are open here so maybe not every stall is 
open every day or now you’re separating it yes ah   okay okay stick together yeah so she has little 
sticks here just to separate them so this is your   own shop here yes me and my husband your husband 
oh he’s selling beef over there sells kebab ah I   thought this is your husband ah ah ah okay so the 
husband here he’s selling kebab oh it’s actually   cute right husband and wife having like a stall 
together he’s making kebab she’s making pancakes   couple goals right it smells delicious already 
oh it smells very good that looks like a decent   dessert for me here ah now she’s turning the 
pancakes so yeah it looks like uh it reminds   me of uh Thai pancakes in Thailand they also 
have similar right yeah similar yeah in Thailand   you can also find many stores selling these mini 
pancakes and in Thailand it’s very popular to get   them with coconut but yeah this is just a plain 
dough yeah this is one plain top with sauce yeah   you top it done with sauce okay all right and it’s 
finished already can I try just one plain without   sauce i’m curious to have one just plain thank you 
okay freshly made let’s give it a try m but very   fluffy that’s nice very fluffy so the inside is 
very fluffy and outside it’s a bit crispy which   is actually very nice oh I like that it’s also a 
light taste doesn’t taste too heavy oh but here we   have the chocolate sauce all over it already just 
a bit just a bit is okay like this that’s okay   already yeah so is this like a milk sauce it’s 
chocolate there’s also chocolate yes chocolate yes   dried chocolate okay okay okay that’s going to be 
a very sweet high calorie bomb but uh Okay that’s   okay for today that looks very delicious just a 
bit is okay that’s okay already yeah yeah and then   the other side of this okay okay okay that looks 
very good okay how much you get this one is $3   $3 okay okay $3 okay you know what I really like 
about this night market there are plenty of uh   seating opportunities all around sometimes you’re 
visiting night markets and the available tables   are very limited but here absolutely no problem 
so you can get food get a table get more food get   a table again no problem but yeah this is what 
I’m having here now it looks like a huge calorie   bomb so let’s give it a try it smells fantastic 
already the first bite of just a plain pancake   was quite good already and yeah oh it’s totally 
covered in chocolate now the dark and the right   chocolate so let’s give it a full try here wow 
yeah it tastes very similar to Nutella and I can   taste every calorie with every bite but it’s also 
super super delicious now with the crunchy stars   around it now oh yeah it’s dangerous it’s so good 
you can easily eat the old portion wow delicious   that was very delicious thank you very much and 
that was a very filling visit here at the local   night market oh and you know what guys i’m sitting 
here waiting for my taxi and then one local came   and made me this gift he said that he saw me uh on 
YouTube before and then he wanted to gift me this   local food which I’m very curious to try but yeah 
my taxi is already here so I’m going to try it uh   once I’m back at my hotel but uh Oh that was a 
very nice and kind gesture you just came here   said “Welcome to Brunai i want you to try this 
local food here and I really like your videos.”   Oh very very nice experience you’re seeing this 
thank you very much i really appreciate that   all right it is the next day now and yeah this 
part of the video is the part of the video where   I have no idea what’s going to happen because 
yeah I don’t have any information about the   place where I want to go so nothing is uh 
pre-planned if you know my channel and my   traveling style then you know I’m not the type of 
traveler who likes to book tours in advance or go   with tour guides i like to do everything myself 
spontaneous even if that sometimes means that   uh yeah things can not go as planned so let’s see 
what will happen today um my goal is to get to the   other side so by the way I am now in like a small 
village outside of the capital and I would like to   get to the other side and then there is a hiking 
trail somewhere where we can hike to a viewpoint   and from that viewpoint we can have a phenomenal 
view over the border looking into Malaysia that’s   the goal for today uh I have two things that are 
worrying me first of all the dark looking clouds   it would be not really ideal if it starts to rain 
while I’m hiking up there in the mountains and   secondly uh the lack of information I have about 
the area over there uh yeah it’s not easy to get   information all I know is that there is a hiking 
trail somewhere so first things first I want to   buy a water here because I don’t think that there 
will be many shops over there according to Google   Maps there are a few houses but not really even 
a proper village so we have to organize uh some   water for the way and then see if I can somehow 
manage to get a boat ride to the other side how   much is one water $1 $1 yes okay $1 do you know 
where I can get a boat i want to go to the other   side the jetty here and some boats will come and 
then I can go to the other side you just tell them   yes okay perfect okay thank you very much okay 
all right secure the water and uh the guy said   just wait at the jetty there so let’s see how 
long I have to wait and if a driver is driving   by actually I see a boat already there maybe 
he’s on the way to this jetty oh man all these   warnings for crocodiles here caution crocodile 
area the water actually doesn’t look that deep   i mean you can’t see the ground but uh I don’t 
have the feeling that it’s very deep water here   at least not here in this area i don’t know if I 
would be scared to see a crocodile or if it would   be interesting i’m like 50/50 you know but yeah I 
don’t really think that the crocodiles come to an   area like this usually they are more like in the 
mangrove areas right not really here so I have 1   2 3 four boats around me but no boat seems to stop 
here actually I’m just looking at the map where I   want to go it’s not really there it’s more like 
there so that right there is a little island in   the middle which you can see here you can see it 
and then I want to go there so good that I had a   look at the map again and not just hold the driver 
bring me to the other side because I need to go in   that direction hello you can drive me i want to go 
to a jetty Bambang uh-huh can bring me how much $2   $2 yeah okay i want to go hiking you go hiking 
yeah yeah over there bukit to Bjang yeah bjang   Bahang 15 minutes go to the Bjang go to the GT gt 
what do you mean uh this one yeah we go here drive   me go here see the river here ah can you drive 
me to Malaysia i would like to see the border   because the situation is like we have Malaysia 
here we have Brunai here the border is literally   on the river this one for the jungle mingu ming 
group that’s one so we cannot take the boat here   can can we can go to Malaysia and then come back 
you go to the Malaysia just the border i just want   to see it malaysia not clear all the mangrove ah 
it’s just looking like this ah only mangrove only   mangrove yeah yeah so in theory we can go to the 
border of Malaysia what I would find interesting   to see but I think his point is that there’s 
nothing to see other than mangroves okay okay   then just barbang and then I go hiking and then I 
have a look into Malaysia this one the bambang you   go toward the bahang is it here you see me ah 
yeah yeah the jetty yeah the jetty you can you   can drive me here yeah yeah and then you can up 
the here the bahang let me call my girlfriend she   can speak bahasa we have a bit of a communication 
problems here i want to go hiking and I think he   is offering me to wait for me until I come back 
can you confirm that I understand that correctly so he said if you want to go to the viewpoint it 
will be three three three k and I don’t know I   don’t know the name of the road because he said 
something name for the road like what is that I   think that’s the name of the hiking trailing yeah 
so you want to go to Bujang Pahang Yeah but but is   is he waiting for me until I come back he only 
can wait for you like 1 hour until 2 hours and   you can pay $30 $30 and he wait for me until 
I come back okay after a long discussion I’m   not sure what exactly we are going to uh have 
figured out now but I think he’s taking me to   a jetty now that is nearer to the hiking point 
so he’s not dropping me here because from here   I would have to walk like an hour to actually 
start the hiking trail so we are going there   now actually to the border of Malaysia and 
then I’m somewhere near this is going to be   an interesting day i have the feeling let’s see 
what will happen oh there was a thunder did you   see that yeah yeah yeah maybe it’s not the best 
time to go hiking you can tell me when I can see   Malaysia okay yeah because Yeah the border here 
there’s not really like a border wall or something   it’s just going to be a place like this and then 
at some point there are Malaysia but let’s see   and as we are speaking I can feel the sprinkles 
of rain the first sprinkles of rain on my face and yeah it is literally raining now not sure 
if you can see it but it’s actually starting to   rain really heavy so I’m actually glad that we 
took so long talking on the phone but otherwise   I would be already on my own hiking actually 
that’s the last little sitting here on the rain and okay oh yeah this is turning into a 
full-blown rainstorm now look at this all right we made it to the border and yeah I 
was hoping that the rain will clear up because   it looks more bright over there but uh that’s 
not the case this one Bruno nice and then and   this one this one Malaysia and then police 
station must stay by the jungle over there   the police stays in the jungle yeah and then 
Malaysia coming the boot after the chicken   but this is not official border crossing right so 
yeah people cannot officially cross the border you   hear that there’s a thunderstorm in Malaysia 
so what what I wanted to ask is people cannot   officially cross into Brunai here right yeah 
yeah and then police Malaysia over there sit   here and then stand by here uh so sometimes 
people try to cross uh after the chicken the   boot the not same Brunai the Brunai le B 7 
43 6 and then Malaysia cannot lean no head   the number can Malaysia so for example you 
cannot go now no no right so that’s actually   very interesting I’m a I’m a border enthusiast 
I really like to see border areas especially if   the border areas are rural and unique like this 
so I don’t mind standing here at the rain at the border that was loud oh my god but yeah this is 
literally Malaysia over there and there’s one   single house that I see over there oh that was 
a freaking loud thunderstorm i’m not going to   lie maybe it’s a good time to go back is it the 
boat dangerous no no no no no no what about the   house over there h this one the braangul but it’s 
a kung yeah after ting the ticking we can have a   look yeah yeah okay this one the same the the 
I ah and then from there hiking right yeah but   I think hiking I think I think yeah I think it’s 
not not a good time anymore to go hiking but yeah   it looks clear and sunny over there actually no 
time this time okay sir next time okay then you   think there you know then smoking the chicken 
oh yeah yeah yeah because Brunai no alcohol   right ah no alcohol but Malaysia have alcohol ah 
yeah yeah and then Brunai go to alcohol ah okay   so some people they uh they go to Malaysia and 
then smuggle back alcohol that is actually very   interesting because Yeah in Brunai and then 
police stand by no way going way to Malaysia   malaysia after hunting ah yeah yeah of course 
it’s of course illegal and uh yeah the police   is hiding here sometimes i think that’s what 
he’s trying to say and then uh yeah if you get   called by the police of course you get locked up 
yeah we do have people living here right at the   border so that is very interesting we have Brunai 
on this side and we have Malaysia on that side so   we are literally cruising on the border right now 
where’s the next village in Malaysia for the for the I was asking if there’s a Malaysian 
village nearby that would be cool to like   like see a Malaysian village like so close 
by but yeah we’re not allowed to enter it but   uh he said there’s a mangrove area here now and 
then behind uh far away there are villages in   Malaysia yeah if you want to see it on the map 
so we are here on the river and the river is   literally the border so yeah Malaysia on this 
side which is right there and then Brunai on   this side which is right there that’s the the 
hiking trail yeah the hiking trail but yeah I   think the rain not good for raining so what I 
find actually very interesting is that there   are people living here so yeah this is definitely 
not a touristy site here in Brunai we literally   have a little village here and I think you need to 
take the boat if you want to go from here back to   the capital where we are coming from so I would 
actually be very curious to have a walk around   this village now and yeah that was the hiking 
trail I was supposed to hike on and then from   there you can have a beautiful view over Malaysia 
at least it looks beautiful on Google Maps and   uh yeah because it is still pouring rain here 
and I don’t have an umbrella with me I think I   can’t explore the village now yeah this happens 
uh when you do your videos spontaneously without   everything being pre-planned without a guide just 
going with the flow and I’m enjoying this to be   honest how many people live here 1,000 1,000 
the whole area ah maybe he means the whole area   because this doesn’t look like a village of 1,000 
people okay I think it is time to leave i actually   feel like the rain is getting stronger okay I 
think we can go back panda city big one yeah   too much rain now but very interesting despite 
the rain I enjoy it next time next time I have   to come back here yeah but uh yeah let’s make it 
back to the city through the rain oh he just said   it’s very strong raining over there and he asked 
me if I’m okay if we driving there i’m okay okay   he even gave me another rest like a cut on my 
t-shirt but actually I’m red already oh my god   it’s very strong right now splashing into my 
face oh this is an adventure I will remember   yeah you should not let situations like this 
ruin your experience just go with the enjoy it okay and we made it back to the city center 
it’s still raining but thanks very much for the   tour in the rain yeah yeah what is your name 
dean you here every day every day my day here   the around the jet is here yeah yeah okay if you 
happen to be here you want to have a tour in the   rain as well find this yeah mr de always with the 
Batman cat yeah batman okay you can recognize him   with the Batman cap okay have a good day okay 
cheers okay thank you very much bye-bye bye-bye   so I paid them a little tip on top as well for 
driving me through the proing rain here now that   was like an hour long tour in the rain here now 
that was an interesting adventure and I’m totally   soaking wet now but you know what i actually enjoy 
moments like this because in situations like this   when things go totally not as planned everything 
fails and then you end up in a rainstorm in a   thunderstorm these are moments when memories 
are being created i will always remember for   the rest of my life how I cruised around on a boat 
between the Malaysian and Brunai border during a   rainstorm a thunderstorm lifetime memory was just 
created and I actually enjoy that but I think I   need to get back to my hotel now take a shower 
and change my uh clothes okay and it is the next   day and I am now in a different area of the city 
and it’s actually very interesting because yeah   previously we have explored the city center of 
the capital and here a bit outside of the city   center even though just a 10-minute ride it looks 
very different like how to how to describe that   doesn’t look as posh and rich anymore as in the 
city center which we have explored mainly in my   previous video if you haven’t seen my first video 
from Brunai feel free to check it out but here   yeah you can see it looks I would actually say it 
looks very similar like Malaysia to be honest like   the shops here also yeah the language here is the 
same as in Malaysia the restaurants I see here are   selling like at least that’s how it looks for me 
the same food as in Malaysia so very interesting   different area of the city as well and uh yeah 
I just got a haircut in the shave here actually   and if you want to see me getting a haircut in 
the shave I will upload that video to my second   channel my second channel is called Kender Broad 
Clips on that channel I’m uploading shorter videos   more random things also Q&A videos and the haircut 
and the shape video will also be on my second   channel so feel free to check that channel out 
as well i will leave a link to that in the pinned   comment and I also just learned that this building 
right here is actually the only mall in the whole   country and even that mall is not that huge for 
Asian mall standards you know but interesting that   the whole country only has one single mall like 
usually Asian countries are very mall crazy like   I remember for example in Koala Lumpuro there’s 
it feels like there’s a mall every 200 m or so   you know but here Brunai only have one single mall 
okay so I spent four full days here in Brunai now   and yeah does this country deserve its reputation 
of being a boring country a country that is hated   by many travelers i think absolutely not yes there 
is not that much to do here it can seem a bit   boring i mean you saw how empty many places are 
especially in my previous videos when we walked   around the city center but I can 100% say I met 
nothing but friendly locals here everyone was   very friendly welcoming curious what I’m doing 
here where I’m from so I met nothing but very   friendly and hospitable people here and usually 
the people of a country are like a very big factor   of what makes a country worth visiting for me 
and yeah maybe there’s not as much action going   on here as in other cities in Southeast Asia but 
if you’re looking for a quiet laidback place then   Brunai is definitely worth checking out i’m not 
sure if I would spend like a few weeks or a month   here maybe not but for like four full days that 
was I think actually a very good length for my   stay here in Brunai so I’m glad that I came here i 
don’t regret coming here at all and if you want to   have a bit more of the beaten path experience 
despite visiting countries like Thailand the   Philippines Malaysia or Indonesia in Southeast 
Asia then yes I can recommend coming here for   a few days to check it out as well and yeah I’m 
actually going on a very long journey soon so the   next video you’re going to see here on the channel 
will be from a completely new continent somewhere   we have never been to before here on the channel 
so stay tuned for that and if you haven’t seen my   previous video from Brunai my arrival here getting 
first impressions of the capital then check out   the video right here stay healthy stay positive 
and then see you in the next episode ciao guys

Inside Brunei, Asia’s Least Visited Country Hated By Travelers
My arrival in Brunei: https://youtu.be/2pO93eq9ZiA?si=Pe1l5IR4gdnSTgLt

In this video, I continue exploring Brunei, one of the most mysterious and least visited countries in Asia. After starting in the capital Bandar Seri Begawan, I head into the heart of local life with a visit to Kampong Ayer, the famous water village that’s home to thousands of people living above the river. We then take a detour into the mangroves to spot the rare Proboscis monkeys, try local foor at a Brunei night market and to finish the vlog, I travel all the way to the border between Malaysia and Brunei.

This is not your typical tourist experience — this is real travel Brunei. If you’re curious about what it’s actually like to be in Brunei, this video gives you a rare inside look at places most people never see. Whether you’re planning to travel Brunei yourself, or just want to watch a raw and honest Brunei vlog, this video will show you the unique charm of Bandar Seri Begawan, the hidden daily life of the locals, and why Brunei is unlike any other country in Southeast Asia. Enjoy this deep dive into culture, nature, and borders in this unfiltered Brunei vlog.

My travel content creator course ➡️https://tinyurl.com/kenabroadcourse

#brunei #bandarseribegawan #kenabroad
—————————————-
🙋🏼‍♂️A B O U T M E
I am Ken Abroad, a full-time traveler traveling southeast Asia, east Asia and south Asia. It is my goal here on the channel to visit every country in these Asian regions and bring you along the journey. I strive to learn the most about each country, experience their culture, eat their food, see how they live, witness their daily life, learn about their work, get to know what they believe in and understand their perspective of life
Click here to subscribe and follow my trip around Asia
➡️https://bit.ly/2A2GheP
—————————————-
W H A T I U S E
📱 My eSIM to get mobile data in every country: http://holafly.sjv.io/DyVxNa
🏨 Where I book all my hotels: https://www.booking.com/index.html?aid=8014651
✈️I book all my flights here: https://skyscanner.pxf.io/jrz1aP
✈️Website I use to plan my trips: https://www.flightconnections.com/premium?via=kenabroad
📷 Camera: https://amzn.to/427Vbbc
🎤 Microphone: https://amzn.to/3LEMGiQ
✈️ Drone: https://amzn.to/3OhRBEV
🏥 Travel Insurance: https://tinyurl.com/4ye3sanc
—————————————-
S U P P O R T M E:
☕Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kenabroad
💰Donate: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/kenabroad
📘My E-Books: https://tinyurl.com/kenabroadbooks
👕My Merch: https://tinyurl.com/kenabroadmerch
—————————————-
SOCIAL MEDIA:
📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ken_abroad/
🔵 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kenabroadyt
🔴 Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ken_abroad
🟢 My 2nd YouTube channel @KenAbroadClips
🟡My Shorts Channel @KenAbroadShorts
🌐 Website: https://www.kenabroad.com
—————————————-
* Some of these are affiliate links, which means I might earn a small commission if you purchase something on them (at no extra cost to you) so thank you!